How to make healthy choices every day

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Summer Lovin’ Vegetable Tart

With the markets overflowing with summer squash lately – zucchinis, crooknecks, straightnecks and pattypans – I thought that it was time I explored a recipe that highlighted their unique qualities: tender flesh, smooth edible skin and mild creaminess that compliments any summer meal. Which ever…

Music Festival Energy Orbs

So this weekend I am off to party with 80,000 other music fans. No big deal. If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know that I never go anywhere unprepared, and my healthy tummy, no matter where I am, always comes first.…

Lemon Heaven

When you weren’t looking, I snuck off to southern Italy. The trip was filled with sun, sea, and of course, food. But being someone with an aversion to white flour, dairy and meat, finding appropriate cuisine for me was, challenging to say the least. A…

Strawberry Sunrise

Good morning, gorgeous! What better way to start your day than with a glass full of fresh, strawberry beauty? This is what I woke up to this morning and it was so delicious. With strawberries now in season, the time has come to worship their…

Snappy Spring Salad

I thought that it was time I posted a recipe highlighting and celebrating the beautiful produce that is now in season. We’ve been enjoying plenty of asparagus and sugar snap green peas lately, so combining them in a fresh, vibrantly flavoured salad seems like the…

Sweet Sweet Potato Falafels

Falafels need a makeover. Somehow, this once healthy alternative to the burger and pizza slice has now become the greasy staple of drunken teenagers everywhere. And although it’s probably a better choice than typical fast food (especially for vegetarians) it’s just junky health food not…

Rice Milk 101

If this isn’t easy, I don’t know what is.This is how you make rice milk:Step 1: rinse 1 cup of brown rice.Step 2: put rinsed rice in blender.Step 3: add 2 cups water.Step 4: blend. Step 5: strain milk.Step 6: drink. Over the past few…

Mustard to Relish

If you’ve lived in Toronto at any point in your life, you will have heard of Pusateri’s Fine Foods. It’s a very upscale grocery store that sells gourmet everything; even the toilet paper is special. Seeing as it is so very close to my house,…